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Shipping wedge with lockout

  • US 8,397,972 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2011
  • Issued: 03/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A shipping wedge for use with a surgical instrument having a body portion comprising:

  • a base;

    a blocking member depending from the base and engagable with a movable operative member of the surgical instrument;

    flexible arms projecting from the base and being shaped to cooperate with the body portion of the surgical instrument; and

    a locking member depending from the base and engageable with a lockout mechanism of the surgical instrument.

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